This is a book consisting of 7 fantasy short stories by some big names in fantasy. Some people may be put off by anthology novels because you may not like some of the stories, but you are guaranteed to like some as well.

What I like about them is that I always find new authors and new books to read. This is definitely the case with The Books of Swords Part 2.

Set after the original First Law trilogy this stand alone novel takes place in the disputed land of Angland, A northern territory ruled by the Union for over 600 years. But the North, led by their bloodthirsty and violent Ruler Black Dow has plans to take it back.

The entire novel is broken down into 3 parts each represents one of the 3 days of battle that occurs.

Mortimer is young, hopeful and looking for work. Death is old, tired of his job and looking for someone else to usher souls to the next life. So he hires Mort to become his apprentice. Unfortunately Mort is very accident-prone and his idealistic views don't work well with being Death.